Schrunk Township, Burleigh County, North Dakota

Township in North Dakota, United States

47°17′53″N 100°25′55″W / 47.29806°N 100.43194°W / 47.29806; -100.43194CountryUnited StatesStateNorth DakotaCounty DickeyArea

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• Total34.38 sq mi (89.0 km²) • Land32.66 sq mi (84.6 km²) • Water1.72 sq mi (4.5 km²)Elevation

1,939 ft (591 m)Population

(2000)

• Total26 • Density0.8/sq mi (0.3/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code701FIPS code38-71220^[2]GNIS feature ID1759345^[3]

Schrunk Township is a civil township in Burleigh County in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2000 census, its population was 26,^[4] but had increased to an estimated 71 by 2009.^[5]

History

Schrunk Township was first listed as a school township during the 1910 Census, with a population of 120.^[6] It was named after brothers Charlie and George Schrunk, early settlers from Iowa who moved to the area in 1893. The first school was built in 1903. A second schoolhouse was constructed in 1908, and operated until 1957 when the school district was consolidated with nearby Wing.^[7]

It was later organized as a civil township under the name Summit, and reported a 1920 population of 131.^[7]^[8] By the time of the 1908 Census, the township had been renamed Schrunk.^[7]^[9]

External links

U.S. Census map of Schrunk Township in 2000

References

^ U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000, Summary File 1. "GCT-PH1. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2000 - County -- Subdivision and Place". American FactFinder. <http://factfinder2.census.gov>. Retrieved January 31, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000. "Census Demographic Profiles, Schrunk Township" (PDF). CenStats Databases. Retrieved January 31, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)^{[dead link]}
^ U.S. Census Bureau (2010). "Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions: North Dakota". 2009 Population Estimates. Archived from the original (CSV) on June 27, 2010. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
^ U.S. Census Bureau (1913). "Number of Inhabitants, North Dakota" (PDF). Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910. Government Printing Office. Retrieved July 20, 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c Bismarck-Mandan Genealogical and Historical Society (1978). Bauman, Beth Hughes and Dorothy J. Jackaman (ed.). Burleigh County: Prairie Trails to Hi-Ways. Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing Co. p. 499. OCLC 4478394.
^ U.S. Census Bureau (1921). "Number and Distribution of Inhabitants, North Dakota" (PDF). Fourteenth Census of the United States: 1920. Government Printing Office. Retrieved July 20, 2008.
^ U.S. Census Bureau (1981). "Number of Inhabitants, North Dakota" (PDF). 1980 Census of Population and Housing. Government Printing Office. Retrieved July 20, 2008.